jpdb beta

bringing up; rearing; upbringing

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small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

4

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

1

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

5

foreign country

2

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

2

to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid

2

separation; living apart

1

both families

1

contract; compact; agreement

2

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

2

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

1

to hate; to detest

1

biased view (biassed); prejudice; one-sided view

1

(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism

1

method of bringing up; method of raising

1

home; family; household

2

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

1

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

3

quite; utterly; really; completely

1

to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

2

victim; injured party; sufferer

1

invisibly; secretly; privately

1

sunny place; in the sun

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

8

to manage something successfully; to be successful

1

skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones

1

to grow taller (of people)

1

hey; listen

1

niece

1

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

1

to become calm; to die down

1

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

2

to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

4

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

2

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

3

to bring someone along

3

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

1

reconciliation; make peace with

1

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

1

to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

4

one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha

1

no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

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